Frank henry



(No Model.)

I. HENRY;

, HEM FOLDER AND PRESSER.

No. 484,366.. Patented Oct. 11, 1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

FRANK HENRY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE PENNSYLVANIAINDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

HEM FOLDER AND PRESSER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 484,366, dated October11, 1892.

Application filed July 8,1892- Serial No. 439,386. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, FRANK HENRY, a citizen of the United States, residingat Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in HandHem Folders and Pressers; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My present invention relates to hand hemfolders, and has for its objectcertain improvements on the device shown in the patent granted to me onthe 2d of March, 1875, and numbered 160,429, which improvements will befully disclosed in the following specification and claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification,Figure 1 represents a perspective of my invention; Fig. 2, a verticaltransverse section on the line a: 00, Fig. 1; and Fig. 3, a verticallongitudinal section onthe line y y.

Reference being had to the drawings and the letters thereon, A indicatesa clamp having a jaw a and screw 17, passing through an arm 0, forsecuring the device to a table or other like structure for use. At theupper end of the vertical armd of the clamp is a horizontal plate B,provided with a groove 6 near one edge to receive a vertical flange f onthe hemmer O, a stud g, which passes through the plate, and aleaf-spring h, secured to the under side of the plate and to which thestud g is secured to hold the hemmer in position on the plate byengaging a slot l in the hemmer, and the head of the stud resting uponthe bottom plate 7.0 of the hemmer.

D indicates the presser, which crosses the plate B transversely at aright angle to the line of passage of the fabric and is substantially-Ushape, one arml of which is journaled in lugs 'm'n, projecting from theunder side of the plate B, and on said arm l is a cam-like projection 0,which engages a leafspring 19, secured to the arm 0 of the clamp, andbetween which leaf-spring and the arm 0 is a helical spring q to applytension to the other arm 0" of the presser, which normally rests uponthe plate B and holds it down upon the fabric as it proceeds from thehemmer properly folded and presses the hem with sufficient force to 'fixthe folds in the fabric. The arm 1" crosses the table upon its upperside in the rear of the hemmer O, and may be raised out of contact withthe fabric by turning the presser on the arm Z, the extent of its motionbeing limited by the projection s on' the free end of the spring 10, asshown in full and in dotted lines in Fig. 3.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is I. In a handhem-folder, a plate having a groove, a stud extending through the plate,and a spring to which said stud is attached, in combination with ahemmer provided with a'vertical flange anda slot to engage the stud.

2. The combination of a plate, a hemmer supported thereby, a two-armpresser having a bar connecting said arms, one of said arms beingpivotally supported in bearings beneath the plate and the other armcrossing the plate in rear of the hemmer and above the plate, and aspring acting upon said presser.

3. The combination of a plate, a hemmer supported thereby, a two-armpresser having a bar connecting said arms, one of said arms beingprovided with a cam and pivotally supported in bearings beneath theplate and the other arm crossing the plate in rear of the hemmer andabove the plate, and a spring acting upon said cam.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK HENRY. Witnesses LUTHER S. KAUFFMAN, J. D. TUCKER.

